Capt Kremin - yes the jet landed at Learmonth, which I might add is NOT a town for the general populous but a RAAF aerodrome with not much going for it apart from a long bitumen strip.
Learmonth is up there with the other RAAF strips such as at/near Derby and Weipa - they're RAAF owned but only activated as such during exercises .. hey Griffo?!
The nearest town to Learmonth is Exmouth, which is approx a 45 minute drive away - which boasts the Potshot Motel that would be hardpressed to provide accommodation for pax/crew of an airbus.
I understood from a a few years of having to worry about such things that YPLM was deemed suitable as an ALTN AD for all sorts of problems for all sorts of aircraft, and is an ALTN for PER in cruddy weather.
I guess this is just one day when that long runway out in the middle of nowhere has proved its worth ..